Sporty’s 30-year tradition of offering crystal Christmas ornament continues this year, with the 2014 ornament featuring a Beaver on floats. Manufactured by de Havilland of Canada as a STOL utility aircraft, the Beaver had its first flight in 1947 and its first delivery the following year. Named after the hard-working beaver, this bush plane was […]
First TBM 700 with G600 delivered
DAHER-SOCATA has delivered the first TBM 700 with a Garmin G600/GTN 750 new-generation glass cockpit avionics retrofits. The Garmin G600 is an instrument panel upgrade that pairs a liquid-crystal primary flight display (PFD) and multi-function display (MFD) in a single 10-inch bezel. Capabilities include Synthetic Vision Technology, providing a “virtual reality” perspective view along the aircraft’s […]
Free ASA Reader App updated
The library of free aviation publications available in the ASA Reader app has been updated to include new documents from industry organizations, including the FAA, AOPA, LightHawk, and the Aircraft Electronics Association. “The following items are welcome additions to the existing free resources,” company officials said. Items that can now be accessed via the “Get […]
Four survive midair collision during training flights
Aircraft: Piper Warrior, Piper Arrow. Injuries: None. Location: Chandler, Ariz. Aircraft damage: Substantial. What reportedly happened: Both airplanes were on instructional flights with a CFI and a student pilot on board each airplane. The collision happened in daytime VFR conditions. The instructors reported that their students were simulating instrument conditions and were wearing view-limiting devices as they practiced […]
Pure Adventure: An epic journey home
By IVY McIVER. The distance from Paducah, Kentucky, to Seattle, Washington, is 1,845 statute miles as the crow flies. My recent journey in an American Champion Citabria 7GCBC totaled 2,123 statute miles due to weather deviations and fuel stops. Though this particular leg started in Paducah, the journey really began about a year ago when […]
Small UAV Coalition launches
WASHINGTON D.C. — The Small UAV Coalition has launched to help pave the way for commercial, philanthropic, and civil use of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the United States and abroad. Chief among the organization’s goals is to advance a regulatory environment that will support safe, reliable, and timely operation of small UAVs, according to coalition officials. […]
Museum slates open cockpit day and swap meet
WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN. — The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Conn., will hold two events on Sunday, Oct. 12. The first event is the Fall Open Cockpit Day. Visitors will be permitted to climb into the cockpits of up to 12 aircraft. These include the Vietnam era “Huey” helicopter; the North American F-100 Super […]
SUN ‘n FUN slates Aerospace Discovery Weekend
LAKELAND, Florida — For the first time ever for Aerospace Discovery Weekend (formerly Wings ‘n Things) on the SUN ‘n FUN Convention Campus, Jerry ‘Jive’ Kerby, a fighter pilot at the controls of his RV-8A known as Wild Blue with a maximum speed of over 200 mph, will fly as part of the activities Oct. 24-26. […]
Hawthorne acquires Heartland Aviation at KEAU
Hawthorne Global Aviation Services has acquired Heartland Aviation at Chippewa Valley Regional Airport (KEAU) in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Heartland is the fifth FBO in Hawthorne’s nationwide network, and its third acquisition in the last six months, according to officials with the Charleston, S.C.-based company. The new Hawthorne Eau Claire FBO has a recently-renovated passenger terminal and amenities, […]